The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-18
Viz GINA Asylums.

of the State. was held at the Westel
Lunatic Asylum in this city. There wei
present all of the superintendent, as fo
| lows DIR. d. B. Conrad, of the Western
| DR.. j. D. Moncure, of the Eastern; D
| II. Black, of the Southwestern DR.. I
| Barksdale, of the Central, colored: tt
/ gether with the following members of th
| Board of Directors of the Western
Messrs. Edmundson, Bradshaw, Boyd
| Opie, and Trout.
The object of the meeting and authorit
FOR it's holding was the joint resolution
passed at the extra session of the las
General Assembly, as follows:
Resola,ed. That the superintendent 0
the Eastern, Western, Southwestern. ant
Central lunatic asylums are hereby consti
tuted commission to examine and repOr
on the following subjects to the next Gen
eral Assembly:
First. AS to the adviSabiity of dividing
the State into three divisions for the pur
pose of providing for the white insane o
| the State, and. if advisable, to apportioI
the State for the respective divisions tax
ing into consideration the population ant
means OF transportation.
| Second. Providing for the transferring
of patients from one asylum to another.
Third. To report a plan by which the
| quiet and incurable insane of both colors
may be provided for at less cost than at
present, and of giving more accommoda-
tion for new and violent cases of insanity
and to lepOrt on such other matters in re.
gard to the treatment of the insane of the
Stat thnv nav doom nraptioahla
1t was understood that the commission
ers have agreed upon the following ar
rangement of counties and cities into the
divisions of the State provided for in the
first clause of the resolution:
Assigned to the Eastern Asylum are
King George, Westmoreland, Richmond,
Northumberland, Lancaster, Caroline,
Hanover. Goochland, Henrico, Richmond
CITY, King William, King and Queen,
Essex, Gloucester, Mathews, New Kent,
Middlesex, Charles City, James City,
York, Warwick. Elizabeth City, city of
Williamsburg, Princess Anne, Norfolk
county, Norfolk city, Nansemond, Isle of
Wight, Southampton. Greenville, Sussex,
Surry, Prince George, Dinwiddie, Peters
burg, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Lunen-
burg, Nottoway, Amelia, Chesterfield,
Powhatap, Cumberland, Accomack, and
Northampton.
To the Western: Frederick, Clarke,
Loudoun, Warren, Page. Shenandoah,
Fairfax Rappahannock, Culpeper, Orange,
Madison, Greene, Albemarle, Rockingham,
Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge. Bath,
Fluvanua. Allegheny, Pittsylvania, Hall
fax. Charlotte, Prince Edward. Appomat-
tox. Amherst, Nelson. Alexandria county,
Alexandra city. Stafford, Spotsylvania,
Louisa. buckingham, Campbell, and
LynchbuTg.
To the Southwestern Asylum: Buchanan,
Wise, Scott, Lee, Dickinson, Russell,
Washington, Tazewell, Smyth, Grayson,
Pulaski, Giles, Montgomery, Henry,
Franklin, Bedford, Craig, Roanoke, and
Botetourt.
The second and Third clauses of the resO
luton are under consideration, with some
progress made with the third.
The number of incurables are estimated
as follows: In the Eastern Asylum, 400;
Western, 600; IN the Central (colored),
400. A large proportion of the patients
received at the Southwestern, the recently
opened asylum for whites, are incurable.
The third clause of the resolution COM
mits the Importance Of better and less eX
pensive provision for this class to the at
tention of the commission.
The commission went Saturday to the
Southwestern Asylum. During Novem-
Der they will meet at the Eastern or Cen
trial Asylum and have the report perfected
before the legislature assemblies.
Farmers Meeting.
Last Monday was court day in Harrison
burg and the day appointed for the Far
mers' Meeting. Hon. Robert Beverly.
President of the Farmers Association of
Virginia and the Farmers Congress of the
United States was present, as were also
Capt. Chas. Grattan, of Augusta, and DR..
Barbee, of Texas. At u: so o'clock the
Court House bell gave notice that the time
of meeting had arrived and in few
moments the room was well filled with
the substantial farmers of Rockingham.
Col. Beverly addressed the meeting for an
hour, in a speech Astounding in facts, fig
ures and arguments in favor of organiza-
ton &C the essential means for the far
mers of Virginia to protect their inter
ests. 1t was substantially the same line
of argument presented at Charlottesville
10y the same gentleman several weeks ago,
and reported for the VIRGINAN. 1t was
well received.
Capt. Grattan followed in an hour and
a half speech, full of telling facts and &C
companied by touches of historical illustra-
lions and handsomely rounded sentences.
DR., Barbee urged the necessity of organ
ization, ana appealed to the farmers to
look to their own interests for others would
not.
After he had concluded the meeting
adjourned without taking any formal
action looking to organization.
We had taken notes of the speeches, but
finding them in substance the same as
those published in the V4RGINIAN several
weeks ago, we did not write them out.
On the goth OF July, 1887, 6. /. Bolen,
formerly Of this city, was married to Miss
Jennie l1edpath, daughter of Mr.. Richard
Redpath, all of Hancock, Michigan. Two
of the groom's brothers were at the WED
ding FEAST The elder one, Harry, was
an attendant, and made them a handsome
present of solid silyerWare, which cost,
perhaps, but little less than fifty dollars.
They were the recipients of other hand
some and useful presents, worth not less
than two hundred dollars. They had
their home in readiness by the wedding
day. and began housekeeping the first
morning after their marriage. y
MAss-MEETING OF THE FARMERS OF
AUGUSTA AND ADJOINING COUNTIES
The farmers of Augusta and all others
who can are invited to attend mass
meeting to be held in Stanton, Monday
August 22nd, Court day. at u NJ, in the
Court house. Speakers have been invited
and will be present to set out the griev-
ances we labor under, and point out the
remedies. All arp urged to attend, and